Tourism’s eight open fronts

"We shouldn't be complacent," notes the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Paraschis, a few weeks before the end of of 2023, the new reference year for the sector, as records are being recorded both in arrivals as well as receipts. Based on the data of the Bank of Greece, for the nine months the revenues have increased by 15% compared to 2022 and by 11% compared to 2019.

However, "the challenges are many and must be addressed," underlined the head of SETE, speaking in the context of the 11th general meeting of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, recalling the increased operational burden from inflation, labor costs, expensive energy, the difficulty of access to bank lending for SMEs, high interest rates and taxation.

Above all, however, he set eight immediate priorities for Greek tourism with which the state should mainly deal. First, he...